The era of globalization and rapid technology development forces policy makers for production of information communication policy that contribute for sustainable development of countries. Asia is the most dynamic region of the world consists of the developed, emerging and developing economies. This study illustrates the policy changes and economic dynamics of developed countries; Japan and Korea, because they have formed the basis for information communication technology development. The study then focuses on the developing countries; India and Pakistan, to explore the role of information communication technology and policy for development.
The paper uses content analysis and 20 years time series data to find the more familiar cases of information communication technology and policy. It quantifies the government activities and actions, and evaluates the impact of the policies on the country’s economic development by using the World Bank/UN/OECD development indicators. The key points extracted from the historical analysis are compared with the development indicators to confirm the impact of policies on the economic growth. This comparison highlights the indicators of information communication technology policy that impact the growth of the country.
The study is twofold, first has illustrates information communication technology and policy changes with respect to economics dynamics of the developed and developing countries of Asia and secondly, evaluates the information communication technology indicator with the perspective of country growth. In the end we conclude with some recommendations for policy maker of countries.
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